On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 05:27:05PM +0000, Bradley Morgan wrote: > On 26 October 2026 17:23:32 GMT, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 05:00:19PM +0000, Bradley Morgan wrote: > >> On 26 October 2026 16:58:47 GMT, Bradley Morgan <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >On 26 October 2026 16:55:09 GMT, Tomas Alvarez Vanoli > >> ><[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>>Hi all, > >> >>>> > >> >>>>Just a data point from a user: we are using U-Boot on a T1040 (QorIQ > >/ > >> >>>>mpc85xx) in a product, and we intend to keep up with mainline as > >much > >> >as > >> >>>>we can. We'd appreciate PowerPC support staying in tree, and we're > >> >happy > >> >>>>to test patches on T1040 hardware and report back. > >> >>>>We run u-boot in 32-bit mode (not sure if it is possible to use > >64-bit) > >> >>>>and > >> >>>>linux in 64-bit. > >> >>>>I am in the process of bringing it up to our 2025.07 branch and > >> >>>>potentially > >> >>>>mainlining as much as possible. We have some remnants of it under > >> >>>>`board/keymile/kmcent2`. > >> >>> > >> >>>Would T1042D4RDB affect you? > >> >> > >> >>Not directly from what I see in the code, as long as the shared code > >with > >> >>ARCH_T1040 is kept. Sorry for the false alarm, just wanted to report > >that > >> >>there are dozens of us using powerpc :) > >> > > >> >What you could do if you would like is to test the whole series to see > >if > >> >it unaffected you. > >> > > >> > > >> >Btw tom I had a idea: you merge Vincent's bug fix and my maintainers > >> >patch,you make a PowerPC custodian tree, and I handle the series and > >the > >> >naks and stuff and the comments. > >> > >> and btw yes I'll make the pr with the finished patches so you can merge > >> them cleanly > > > >Trees are relatively cheap, but I'm not sure we need another one either > >for the subset of formerly-Freescale and not-QorIQ PowerPC parts. Since > >I added you to the fsl-qoriq tree, you can also just pick up the > >outstanding fixes and your maintainer patches (and leave dropping stuff > >for now, as this series shows today we're just getting people having a > >chance to see and reply to this stuff) and send me a PR. Thanks. > > Hi, sorry, I didn't clarify enough, so I had a chat for some people from > the open src firmware slack, yes? > > And here is their answer > > "Ah, Peng Fan maintains the FSL QoriQ tree: > https://git.u-boot-project.org/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-fsl-qoriq > > That is the vendor one though. > So yea, I'd go with a general PowerPC tree. > > Also because QoriQ is both Arm and PPC series. :sweat_smile:" > > And even my slopper suggests the tree, for sanity purposes :D
Fine, trees are still cheap. There's u-boot-ppc now. But please keep in mind everything else I said, thanks. -- Tom
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